The Bern Data Compact represents a major milestone towards the recognition of community-driven data in official processes, and its role in filling vital information gaps for sustainable development.
Achieving official recognition of citizen-generated data as a crucial tool to ensure no one is left behind in fulfilling each SDG has been a key goal of the Leave No One Behind Partnership since its founding in 2017, but that work didn’t start nor end at the 2021 World Data Forum.